Garden Tour: Feeding Body and Soul

“Our garden’s focus is to feed us, our chickens, our bees and our souls,” say the owners. They practice organic methods, remove invasives and embrace a natural feel.

At its heart is the kitchen garden they have been developing behind their house, coping with a slope, wet soil and Connecticut’s many stones. There are cold frames along the retaining wall, raised beds surrounded by gravel and espaliered apples and pears on the fence. Perennial beds surround a future bocce court to complete the picture, with room left for bee hives and their chickens.

In front of the house, the mood is different. Here native plants have been allowed to naturalize into a meadow. Green and white dominate, with some soft color in season.

The owners also have cooperated with their neighbors to create connecting pathways through the woods between them.

Click here to download a two-page list of all five Norfolk garden tours on Sunday, August 2.